flappernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈflæp.ər/us/ˈflæp.ɚ/in the 1920s, a fashionable young woman, especially one showing independent behaviour
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Examples from literature
- And the flapper, with a sinful pride, had shown him off to the family.
- Fleur was not a flapper, not one of those slangy, ill-bred young females.
- I tried to get advance information, but she blushed and giggled like any other flapper.
- The flapper gives him one long look, then bows her head.
- The young flappers were no doubt better engaged.